Introductory Note
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Bellows, Henry Adams
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Fjolsvith spake:
48. “Lyr is it called, | and long it shall
On the tip of a spear-point tremble;
Of the noble house | mankind has heard,
But more has it never known.”
Svipdag spake:
49. “Now answer me, Fjolsvith, | the question I ask,
For now the truth would I know:
What one of the gods | has made so great
The hall I behold within?”
Fjolsvith spake:
50. “Uni and Iri, | Bari and Jari,
Var and Vegdrasil,
Dori and Ori, | Delling, and there
Was Loki, the fear of the folk.”
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Svipdag spake:
51. “Now answer me, Fjolsvith, | the question I ask,
For now the truth would I know:
What call they the mountain | on which the maid
Is lying so lovely to see?”
Fjolsvith spake:
52. “Lyfjaberg is it, | and long shall it be
A joy to the sick and the sore;
For well shall grow | each woman who climbs it,
Though sick full long she has lain.”
Svipdag spake:
53. “Now answer me, Fjolsvith, | the question I ask,
For now the truth would I know:
What maidens are they | that at Mengloth’s knees
Are sitting so gladly together?”
Fjolsvith spake:
54. “Hlif is one named, | Hlifthrasa another,
Thjothvara call they the third; [249]
Bjort and Bleik, | Blith and Frith,
Eir and Aurbotha.”
Svipdag spake:
55. “Now answer me, Fjolsvith, | the question I ask,
For now the truth would I know: